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U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
Committee of Detail
Committee charged with creating a Constitution based on the resolutions agreed by the Convention.
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Session 6313: 1787-08-21 10:00:00
Proposals for further Congressional powers received and a second report drawn up for the Convention.
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Additional Powers Proposed for the Legislature of the United States
[Additional Powers Proposed to be Vested in the Legislature of the United States]
To dispose of the unappropriated lands of the United States
To institute temporary governments for new States arising thereon
To regulate affairs with the Indians as well within as without the limits of the United States
To exercise exclusively Legislative authority at the seat of the general Government, and over a district around the same, not exceeding square miles: the consent of the Legislature of the State or States comprising such district being first obtained
To grant charters of incorporation in cases where the public good may require them, and the authority of a single State may be incompetent
To secure to literary authors their copy rights for a limited time
To secure to the inventors of useful machines and implements the benefits thereof for a limited time [-e673655]
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To establish an University
To encourage, by proper premiums and provisions, the advancement of useful knowledge and discoveries
To authorise the Executive to procure and hold for the use of the United States landed property for the erection of forts, magazines, and other necessary buildings [+e673655]
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To fix and permanently establish the seat of Government of the United-States in which they shall possess the exclusive right of soil and jurisdiction [+e673655]
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To establish seminaries for the promotion of literature and the arts and sciences [+e673655]
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To grant charters of incorporation [+e673655]
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To grant patents for useful inventions [+e673655]
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To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time [+e673655]
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To establish public in[+e673655] [+e673661]
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To secure the payment of the public debt. [+e673661]
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To secure all Creditors, under the new Constitution, from a violation of the public faith. when pledged by the authority of the Legislature [+e673661]
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To grant letters of marque and reprisal [+e673661]
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To regulate Stages on the post-roads.[+e673661] [+e673662]
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That Funds which shall be appropriated for payment of public Creditors shall not during the time of such appropriation be diverted or applied to any other purpose [+e673662]— and to prepare a clause or clauses for restraining the Legislature of the United States from establishing a perpetual revenue[+e673666]stitutions, rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.[+e673655]
Decisions yet to be taken
- Additional Powers Proposed for the Legislature of the United States (introduced on 1787-08-21 10:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e675716) [This document]
Document Timeline
- Additional Powers Proposed for the Legislature of the United States (introduced on 1787-08-21 10:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e675716) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]